Graduate Leadership Institute

  • Vanderbilt University

    Kathryn McGraw – 2024 August Student Spotlight

    Kathryn James McGraw has recently been selected to serve on the University Council for Educational Administration (UCEA) Graduate Student Council. This council is responsible for creating a community for emerging educational leadership, policy, and evaluation scholars in collaboration with UCEA’s Associate Directors for Graduate Student Development. Kathryn is… Read More

    Aug. 7, 2024

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    Nicollette Mitchell – 2024 July Student Spotlight

    Nicollette Mitchell, a fifth-year DTL student and Russell G. Hamilton Fellow, was recognized as a finalist for the International Society for the Learning Sciences Outstanding Student Paper Award. Her paper, titled “A Black woman in geoscience is like a unicorn”: Black women’s educational experiences in the geosciences,… Read More

    Jul. 9, 2024

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    Bretton P. Nabit – 2024 May Student Spotlight

    Pharmacology graduate, Bretton P. Nabit, defended his dissertation “Deciphering the Role of mGlu8 in Thalamocortical Circuitry: Insights from Conditional Knockout Strategies” on May 6! Congratulations Bretton!… Read More

    May. 9, 2024

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    Chao Li – 2024 May Student Spotlight

    Epidemiology Ph.D. student, Chao Li, was selected to give an oral presentation at the American Association for Cancer Research’s (AACR) annual meeting on April 9th in San Diego, CA.  His talk was titled “Integrating single-cell RNA seq analysis with large genome-wide association study to identify cell-of-origin populations in colorectal… Read More

    May. 9, 2024

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    Cayla Ontko: 2024 March Student Spotlight

    Cayla Ontoko is a Ph.D. student in the Molecular Physiology and Biophysics program. She successfully defended her dissertation titled “The Roles of Arachidonic Acid- and Docosahexaenoic Acid-Derived Epoxides and Their Endocannabinoid Derivatives in Diabetes-Induced Retinal Vascular Inflammation” on Friday, March 8. The aim of her thesis project is… Read More

    Mar. 11, 2024

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    Teresa Torres: 2024 February Student Spotlight

    Teresa Torres, Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Pathology Torres is a member of the Vanderbilt Institute of Infection, Immunology, and Inflammation Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) committee and is actively involved in the Nashville community. She volunteers with Best Buddies, an international organization that promotes… Read More

    Feb. 12, 2024

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    Migel Cuj: 2024 February Student Spotlight

    Migel Cuj, Ph.D. student in Anthropology Cuj was awarded third place in the 2024 Peter K. New Student Research Competition for his paper, Beyond Physical Metrics: a Cultural Approach of the Biomedical Categories of Child Growth Standard. He will receive this award at the 84th Annual Meeting… Read More

    Feb. 12, 2024

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    Uday Suresh: 2023 December Student Spotlight

    Uday Suresh, Ph.D. student in the Department of Biomedical Informatics, was selected as one of the eight student paper finalists for the upcoming AMIA 2023 Annual Symposium for his paper titled “Designing Support to Help Health Communication Professionals Convey Numbers Clearly to the Public – A Needs… Read More

    Dec. 7, 2023

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    Graduate School Names Endowed Scholarship Recipients for Spring 2023 School Year

    The Graduate School provides students with endowed awards established by generous donors to recognize exceptional scholarship. There are eleven such awards available to students from various disciplines. These awards have different criteria, number of recipients, and award amounts. The Vanderbilt Graduate School has acknowledged exceptional research by Ph.D. candidates throughout… Read More

    Nov. 2, 2023

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    2023 April Student Spotlights

    The Graduate School would like to shine a spotlight on the following graduate students! Adoma Manful, MPH – a second-year Epidemiology Ph.D. student, was one of 12 participants selected for the 2023 Society for Epidemiologic Research’s Student Workshop for her proposal entitled “Disparities in Lung Cancer Screening”.     … Read More

    Apr. 6, 2023